Poll

Business

This being an election year, the economy is a constant topic on the news, in the blogs, around the counter and the dinner table.

This is normal and usual, and for someone in my line of work, daily grist for my mill. However, the current state of our economy is not usual, and normal election year hype has given way to extraordinary partisan exaggeration centered on how to move forward towards growth and economic health.

The Henry County Chamber of Commerce Car Show will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Harry Hill Park. Admission is free, and entertainment will be provided by DJ Rick Johnson. There also will be cake walks, kids games and 50-50.

Unemployment rates fell in 108 Kentucky counties between June 2011 and June 2012, while 12 county rates increased, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the Commonwealth at 5.8 percent. It was followed by Fayette County, 6.5 percent; Union County, 6.6 percent; Oldham and Shelby counties, 6.7 percent each; Hancock County, 6.8 percent; and Daviess, Franklin, Owen and Scott counties, 7 percent each.

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent in April 2012 from a revised 8.6 percent in March 2012, making it the lowest unemployment rate in the state since November 2008, according to the Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

After getting four dry sockets from wisdom tooth extraction, Lindsay O’Nan got an infection into her blood. That misfortune led her on a painful path to her new profession.

Dr. Lindsay O’Nan is from Henderson and attended Georgetown College for her undergraduate studies. During Christmas break in 2007, she had all of her wisdom teeth removed. Blood clots did not form and resulted in her having four dry sockets.